A new century of biology
By: edited by W. John Kress and Gary W. Barrett ; foreword by Ernst Mary.
Contributors: Kress, W. John.; Barrett, Gary W.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press in association with the American Institues of Biological Sciences
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Biology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword : Biology in the twenty-first century / Ernst Mayr; title: Preface : A new century of biology / W. John Kress and Gary W. Barrett; title: Introduction : The new revolution in biology / Gary W. Barrett and W. John Kress; title: Bacteria in the origins of species : demise of the neo-Darwinian paradigm / Lynn Margulis; title: Bodies and body plans, and how they came to be / Marvalee H. Wake; title: Ecosystems : energetics and biogeochemistry / Gene E. Likens; title: Behavior, ecology, and evolution / Gordon H. Orians; title: Conserving biodiversity into the new century / Ghillean T. Prance; title: The new age of biological exploration / Thomas E. Lovejoy; title: Lumpy integration of tropical wild biodiversity with its society / Daniel H. Janzen; title: Biology and the human sciences : pathways of consilience / Edward O. Wilson.